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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-15072025-264664
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 3137]
NEW DELHI, MONDAY, JULY 14, 2025/ASHADHA 23, 1947
4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II-SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th July, 2025
S.O. 3207(E).—Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and
Highways number S.O.1052 (E), dated 05th March, 2024 issued under Section 5 of the National Highways Act, 1956
(48 of 1956), the Central Government has entrusted new NH-167AD in the state of Andhra Pradesh to the State
Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of
1956), read with rule 3 of the National Highway Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rule, 2008 (herein
referred to as the "rules"), the Central Government hereby levies the fee on mechanical vehicles at sixty percent of the
base rate specified in column (2) of the Table 1 for net road section length of 29.001 km [Table 2] and for equivalent
structure length (having length more than 60m) of 4.91 km (having a length of 0.491 Km) [Table 4] and at
ninety percent of the base rate for bypasses having length of 14.167 Km [Table 3] costing rupees ten crore or
more, on the type of vehicles specified in column (1) of the Table 1 below for use of two lane with paved shoulder of
Macherla to Dachepalli section from Km. 0.000 to Km. 43.659 of National Highway 167AD in the state of Andhra
Pradesh and authorizes the National Highway Authority of India to collect, either through its officials or through a
contractor, the said fee, namely:-
Table-1
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Type of vehicle | Base rate of fee per km |
| | for the base year 2007-08 (in Rupees) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| (1) | (2) |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Car, Jeep, Van or Light Motor Vehicle | 0.65 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Light Commercial Vehicle, Light Goods Vehicle or Mini Bus | 1.05 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Bus or Truck (Two Axles) | 2.20 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Three-axle commercial vehicles | 2.40 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Heavy Construction Machinery (HCM) or Earth Moving | 3.45 |
| Equipment (EME) or Multi Axle Vehicle (MAV) (four to six | |
| axles) | |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Oversized Vehicles (seven or more axles) | 4.20 |
+-------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
[PART II-SEC. 3(ii)] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY 5
1. The fee to be levied and collected hereunder shall be due and payable at the Fee Plaza for net road length
specified for such Fee Plaza namely: -
Table-2
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length (in km) for which fee is | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | payable | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 17+800 of NH-167AD at | 29.001 | 60% for two lane with paved shoulder, |
| village: Paluvai gate, Palnadu | [Excluding length of Bypass | of the base rates mentioned in Table-1 |
| (District) | (costing>=10 Cr.) and length of | above |
| | structures (>60m)] | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
2. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the bypass costing Rs 10 crore
or more at the following Fee Plaza for net bypass length specified for such Fee Plaza: -
Table-3
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+----------+---------+------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Name of | Taking | Merging | Length and Cost of | Rate at which fee is |
| (Chainage) | the Bypass| Off | at | bypass for which | payable |
| | | | | additional fee is payable | |
| | | | | [excluding structure | |
| | | | | (60 m) length] | |
| | | | | Length (in | Cost | |
| | | | | Km.) | (in Rs. | |
| | | | | | Cr.) | |
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+----------+---------+------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 17+800 of NH- | Macherla | 0+000 | 8+450 | 8.289 | 28.98 | 90% for two lane with |
| 167AD at village | | | | | | paved shoulders, of the |
| Paluvai junction, | | | | | | base rates mentioned in |
| Palnadu District | Gurazala | 29+100 | 35+050 | 5.878 | 20.40 | Table-1 above |
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+----------+---------+------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Total Length | | | | 14.167 | 49.38 | |
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+----------+---------+------------+------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
3. In addition to above, the following fee shall be due and payable for the use of the following structures having
length more than 60m at the following Fee Plaza, by converting the length of structures into an equivalent length of
highway by multiplying the length of such structures by an equalization factor of 10: -
Table-4
+-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| Location of Fee Plaza | Length of Structures (in | Equivalent road | Rate at which fee is payable |
| (Chainage) | km) to be converted | length (in km) | |
| | into equivalent road | | |
| | length | | |
+-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
| At Km 17+800 of NH-167AD | 0.491^ | 4.91 | 60% for two lane with paved |
| at village Paluvai junction, | | | shoulders, of the base rates |
| Palnadu (District) | | | mentioned in Table-1 above |
+-------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
^ The details are as under: -
Design Chainage
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| S. No.| From | To | Type of structures| Length (in km) |
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 1 | 4+210 | 4+300 | Major Bridge | 0.090 |
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 2 | 5+609 | 5+680 | ROB | 0.07128 |
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 3 | 11+720 | 11+810 | Major Bridge | 0.090 |
+-------+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
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+---+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 4 | 16+243 | 16+320 | ROB | 0.07728 |
+---+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 5 | 20+295 | 20+385 | Major Bridge | 0.090 |
+---+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| 6 | 32+819 | 32+891 | Major Bridge | 0.072 |
+---+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
| | | | Length | 0.491 |
+---+----------+----------+-------------------+-----------------+
4. The rate of monthly pass for a person who owns a mechanical vehicle registered for non-commercial
purposes and resides within a distance to twenty kilometers from the fee plaza is Rs. 350.00 (Rupees Three Hundred
Fifty Only) for the year 2025-26 and is subject to revision every year as per the provision of the said rules.
5. For multiple journeys on the highway section, passes shall be issued at the following rates, namely: -
Table-5
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Amount Payable | Maximum number of one-way | Period of validity |
| | journeys allowed | |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| One and one-half times of the fee for one- | Two | Twenty-Four hours from the |
| way journey | | time of payment. |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
| Two-third of amount of the fee payable for | Fifty | One month from date of |
| fifty single journeys | | payment |
+---------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
6. Fee for commercial vehicle (excluding vehicles plying under national permit) registered in the district where
the fee plaza falls shall be 50% of the prescribed rate for that category of vehicle provided no service road or
alternative road is available for use of such commercial vehicles.
7. The driver or owner or a person in charge of a mechanical vehicle which is loaded in excess of permissible
load specified for its category, shall be liable to pay fee for entering the overloaded vehicle on the National Highway
to the fee collecting agency, equal to the fee specified in sub-rule 1A of rule 10 of the said rules, and shall not be
entitled to make use of the highway section unless the excess load has been removed from such mechanical vehicle.
8. All definitions including category of mechanical vehicles, its permissible load, category of exempted
vehicles, service road, alternative road etc. shall be as per definitions specified in the said rules.
9. The fee rates shall be displayed for information of the users in accordance with rules 12 of the said Rules.
10. Based on the Base rate of fee per km for the base year 2007-08 as mentioned in Table-1 above, the actual
amount of fee to be charged from the mechanical vehicles and the discounts will be calculated by the National
Highway Authority of India on the basis of the completed length of the section and revised annually in accordance
with the rule 5 of the said rules and the same shall be published in at least one newspaper in English and vernacular
language.
11. The estimated capital cost of the project is Rupees 277.16 Crore. The capital cost is subject to variation as the
activities of land acquisition, utility shifting, tree cutting, etc. are yet to be completed. The National Highway
Authority of India shall maintain a record of the recovery of capital cost through user fee realised.
[F. No. RW/NH-12014/11/2021-AP/Zone-III]/ E-201625]
VINAY KUMAR, Additional Secy.
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Date: 2025.07.15 16:00:11 +05'30'